PG&E PSPS event looms for Northstate customers: 5,200 customers face potential outages - KRCR
PG&E PSPS event looms for Northstate customers: 5,200 customers face potential outages | KRCR
Wed, 20 Sep 2023 17:52:48 GMT (1695232368875) bd141c89efbf673a1d26a42918f665d3766776aa dbfecc9f0097303f9b240d0b637e7425f34552ad News Weather North Coast News Chime In Game Center Watch Now 75 Thu 83 Fri 82 PG&E PSPS event looms for Northstate customers: 5,200 customers face potential outages by Christopher West Wed, September 20th 2023, 3:41 PM UTC A sign acknowledging a public safety power shut off. (KRCR) Loading ...
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Climate change is now a driver of the world’s economy. The impact is profound:
- Catastrophic weather events — hurricanes, floods, droughts, high temperatures — are more frequent and more extreme. The cost can be measured in both the initial damage caused and the longer-term impact on the economy.
- Vulnerable communities are increasing climate-related investments, hardening infrastructure and taking other protective measures.
- Investment in carbon capture and storage technologies is increasingly rapidly.
- Governments are making investments and crafting regulations to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
On top of all of this is the cost of uncertainty. As the Fourth National Climate Assessment, released in 2018 by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, says, “The assumption that current and future climate conditions will resemble the recent past is no longer valid.”